Update - Halftime The players are back out on the field. The referee blows time on and Taylor kicks off, we are underway in the 2nd half of this grand final rematch!
Update – 45th minute: After halftime, everyone looks fired up, Jacobs has just kicked it downfield and it has landed in the arms of Cambridge, the debutant. He charges it forward and gets CRUNCHED! 20 out from his own line. Shriram comes in for a scoot, he makes 5 metres before the markers get him down. Now Wilson gets back there, he throws it to Speirs who has been experimented at prop today. He charges it forward, BANG! OH WHAT A HIT! SPEIRS HAS JUST BEEN ABSOLUTELY SMACKED! AND HE HAS DROPPED IT AS WELL! The players are in to high five each other and the Test Eagles will get the first opportunity here! What a hit! Speirs gets up but very gingerly, looks like he is riding the teacups in Disneyland! Scrum now to the Test Eagles, it comes back to Jacobs who throws it to Funkotron, he takes it forward and gets taken down 25 out. Bots comes in for a scoot, he goes up passed the 20, gets hit 18 out now, the referee calls held. Izett with the ball, HE LOOKS TO GO HIMSELF! IZETT gets taken down 8 metres out! Kobain gets the ball he throws it to Jacobs, who runs around parker and throws a short ball to Orr, who gets SMASHED 2 metres out. Izett, HE GOES HIMSELF! GEMMELL GRABS HIM! GEMMELL HOLDS HIM UP! NO IZETT IS CLAIMING IT! HE IS CLAIMING A TRY! HAS HE GOT THE BALL DOWN!?!?! The referee looks at the touch judges, HE HAS GIVEN IT! IT’S A TRY TO IZETT! Gemmell could not hold him up and a much needed start for the Test Eagles! They now are down 14-10 with a kick to come Funkotron, his hardest challenge for the night. 30 metres in from touch. He strikes it, it looks good BUT HITS THE POST! No goal and it remains 14-10.
